Tony Vaccaro: The photographer of soldiers, celebrities and style icons on his career renaissance — at 95

Hubert de Givenchy taking a photograph of Tony Vaccaro © Tony Vaccaro

"The story of Tony Vaccaro could be a Hollywood movie," says Sidney Monroe. "[He was] a fledgling amateur photographer, drafted into the army, who, through perseverance, documented his experience. Then, postwar, he made a very conscious decision to never again show that ugly side of humanity. He was instead driven to beauty. Tony's so charming, I can only think how conscious that would be for an artist to say, "I'm going to be gracious and kind and I'm going to show beauty.'" Sidney Monroe, who, along with his wife Michelle, runs the Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe. The couple, who have represented Vaccaro since 2016, are determined to make his archive more widely known.  --The Financial Times, July 11, 2018

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